Do You Remember the 80s?

Oh come on, doesn't everyone unless you are a fetus.
Plenty of sites for that already, I may ramble about this if I have
time. I'll tell you this though, the New Musical Express did a big
whinny article in the late 80's about how the music would never stand
the test of time like the 60's and 70's. Yeah, right. Don't they look
clever now...

When VCR's became affordable, suddenly every shop, no matter
what their original trade, became a video rental shop. The one I
used was Brislington Ladder Hire & Video which went through the
whole cycle of Ladders only, more videos than Ladders, then back
to Ladders only again when the chain stores started
consolidating and the Blockbusters took over. The best thing
about videos of course was the ability to make great use of the
pause button in the comfort (and privacy) of your own home. All
those quick flashes in the Carry On films and the like were now
able to be fully appreciated. Smut has a way of driving
technology and the VCR wiped out all the Private Cinema's that
used to cater for the Macintosh crowds. We used to have Video
nights with our mates, beer, curry and Airplane or American
Werewolf in London, Jenny Agutters shower scene being well worn
down by pausing on every rental in existence.